Inferior vena cava injury after blunt trauma: Case report.

Introduction: inferior vena cava IVC injury is rare with lethal outcomes, the clinical signs depends on the location and associated injuries, andt he treatment might be endovascular, surgical.

Clinical Case: A 25 years with no medical history was admitted to the emergency department after a car accident. After intubation and hemodynamic stabilization, the computerized tomography CT scan showed hepatic laceration with a rupture of the IVC in the retro-hepatic portion, he was admitted to the operation room for damage control laparotomy; the patient died 12 h after the operation despite appropriate management.

Plasma exchange as treatment for acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy.

Acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy AFLP is an obstetrical emergency, with severe complications that may include death. Management of AFLP is challenging and include plasma exchange which helps to improve the prognosis for both mother and fetus and delay liver transplantation.

Anaphylactic shock due to traumatic rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst: Case report.

Introduction: Hydatid cyst is an infectious disease caused by « ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSIS », it can be asymptomatic or manifests depending on size, location, and relation with other organs, or by complication like rupture. This latter might occur spontaneously or post-traumatic, and it might manifest with an anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening situation.

Importance: Anaphylactic shock is a rare cause of traumatic shock state.

Post-traumatic compressive pneumopericardium with spontaneous ventilation: Case report.

Pneumopericardium is a rare complication of a blunt thoracic trauma. It is defined as the presence of air in the pericardial sac. There are just a few cases described in the literature.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome During the Postpartum Period.

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute peripheral neuropathy that manifests with ascending symmetrical and progressive weakness or paralysis with the absence of reflexes. The incidence of this syndrome in pregnancy and postpartum periods is similar to the general population; however, few published clinical cases have been described. Here, we report the case of a 26-year-old patient who developed GBS with respiratory distress two weeks after her baby's delivery that required long-term mechanical ventilation.

Delayed awakening from general anesthesia revealing Fahr syndrome: Case report and literature review.

Fahr syndrome (FS) is defined by the presence of bilateral and symmetrical intracerebral nonarteriosclerotic calcifications, localized in the central gray nuclei. We report the case of a patient who presented a postoperative delay in awakening and whose biological and radiological investigations revealed a FS.

Hypercalcemia of Malignancy Revealing a Parathyroid Carcinoma with Hepatic Metastasis: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Parathyroid carcinoma is a very rare malignant tumor of the parathyroid gland. This cancer poses a great diagnostic and therapeutic difficulty due to its rarity and the absence of a characteristic clinical and paraclinical picture. The diagnosis is histological but is not always easy.

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Revealing Renogastric Fistula: A Case Report and Literature Review.

A renogastric fistula is a rare complication defined by abnormal communication between the kidney and the stomach. We report the case of a patient admitted to the intensive care unit for hemorrhagic shock following upper gastrointestinal bleeding whose radiological investigations revealed a fistulated renal hematoma in the stomach.

Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease Uncovered by Preeclampsia in a Case Report.

Osler-Weber-Rendu disease (OWRD), called hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, is an uncommon genetic illness with the dominant autosomal transmission. It cannot be easily or quickly diagnosed because of both its infrequency and its various associated symptoms. As far as its symptoms are concerned, the patient experiences recurring epistaxis, mucocutaneous telangiectasia, and arteriovenous malformations that can lead to severe undesirable symptoms.